Background
Education
University of Michigan, B.S.E. Chemical Engineering (2009 - 2013)
Purdue University, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (2013 – present)
Experience
- Avery Dennison, Research Intern (2012)
- Yang Research Group, Undergraduate Researcher (2012 - 2013)
- Fogler Group, Web Developer (2011 – 2013)
- Wang Research Group, Undergraduate Researcher (2008 - 2010)
Awards
- Eastman Chemical Travel Award - Purdue University (2017)
- College of Engineering Travel Grant - Purdue University (2017)
- Dow Chemical Company Travel Award - International Symposia on Chemical Reaction Engineering (2016)
- George M. Landes Prize for Technical Communication - University of Michigan (2014)
Project Description
My research focuses on studying the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) with ammonia on Cu-exchanged chabazite (CHA) zeolites for lean NOx reduction.
Publications
- C. Paolucci, I. Khurana, A.A. Parekh, S. Li, A.J. Shih, H. Li, J.R. Di Iorio, J.D. Albarracin-Caballero, A. Yezerets, J.T. Miller, W.N. Delgass, F.H. Ribeiro, W.F. Schneider, R. Gounder, Dynamic multinuclear sites formed by mobilized copper ions in NOx selective catalytic reduction, Science, 357 (6354) 898 (2017)
- A.J. Shih, Demonstrating Macroscopic Momentum Balances in a Fluid Mechanics Course,” Chemical Engineering Education, Chemical Engineering Education, 51 (4) 176 (2017)
- J. D. Albarracin-Caballero^, I. Khurana^, J.R. Di Iorio, A. J. Shih, J. E. Schmidt, M. Dusselier, M. E. Davis, A. Yezerets, J. T. Miller, F. H. Ribeiro and R. Gounder, Structural and Kinetic Changes to Small-Pore Cu-Zeolites After Hydrothermal Aging Treatments and Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx with Ammonia, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, (2017) (^Equal contribution)
- C. Paolucci, A.A. Parekh, I. Khurana, J.R. Di Iorio, H. Li, J.D. Albarracin Caballero, A.J. Shih, T. Anggara, W.N. Delgass, J.T. Miller, F.H. Ribeiro, R. Gounder, and W.F. Schneider, Catalysis in a Cage: Condition-Dependent Speciation and Dynamics of Exchanged Cu Cations in SSZ-13 Zeolites, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 18(2016) doi:10.1021/jacs.6b02651.
- C. Yin, L. Wang, S. Rivillon, A.J. Shih, R.T. Yang, SCR of Nitric Oxide by Hydrogen over Pd and Ir based Catalysts with Different Supports, Catalysis Letters, 145 (7) 1491 – 1499 (2015)